California Budget Deal Could Be ‘Game Changer’ For Education Funding

391429 07: Students hustle through a hallway between classes during summer school July 3, 2001 at Brentano Academy in Chicago. More than half of Chicago''s 430,000 public school students must attend summer school this year before they can go on to the next grade, Chicago Public School officials say. Former Chicago schools chief Paul Vallas said about 245,000 pupils failed to score high enough on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills to be promoted. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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SACRAMENTO (KCBS)—Gov. Jerry Brown and California legislators worked out a budget deal Monday that includes a key agreement about how to fund K-12 education and provide benefits to underprivileged school districts.

Currently, school districts receive separate pots of money for various programs. Under the so-called Local Control Spending Formula, each district would get one lump sum of cash, plus extra funding for disadvantaged students.

KCBS's Matt Bigler started as a reporter/anchor in 2004, and is now based in San Jose working out of the Silicon Valley Bureau. Matt co-anchors the 5:00am hour with Susan Leigh Taylor in San Francisco, and can also be seen on TV most mornings...